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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 61, No. 6
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February 6,1992
35 Cents
Briefs
Hearings slated
The Economic Improvement
Council, Inc. will hold a public
hearing In each of the 10 Albe
marle counties on the proposed
1992-93 Community Services
-Block Grant Anti- Poverty Plan.
• In Perquimans County, the
;hearlng will be held at the
courthouse on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
The CSBG Anti-Poverty Plan
afid supportive documents may
be reviewed by the public at the
EIC Administrative Office, Eden
ton between 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
of each business day until the
end of the hearings.
Actors needed
The Boostrap Acting Com
pany has extended casting for
•The Senator Wore Pantyhouse.”
Needed are a young woman In
her early 20s and a young man
between 20 and 30. For more
Information, call Monda Sadler
at 426-7044.
Supper set
; ' The Belvidere-Chappell Hill
Volunteer Fire Department will
Hold their annual barbecued
chicken supper on Feb. 15 from
4- 7 p.m. The cost Is $4 per
plate. Anyone wishing to pur
chase tickets may caul Jennifer
at 426-5728.
Insurance coursa sat
* ; College of the Albemarle will
offer the life and heailth pre-li
ceflslng insurance course begin
ning in March at the college's
main campus in Elizabeth City.
- Classes will meet from 12
noon - 8:30 p.m. Friday. March
6: from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, March 7 and 8:
from 12 noon - 8:30 p.m. Fri
day, March 13; and from 8 a.m.
5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
March 14-15.
The cost for the course is
$30. and the textbook is avail
able at the COA Book store for
approximately $35. Participants
are urged to purchase their text
book early and to begin reading
as soon as possible.
Pre-registration Is required,
and the deadline to pre-register
Is Feb. 28. No refunds will be
given. To register or to receive
further Information, Interested
persons should call COA's main
CfWipus at 335-0821, ext. 231.
Mutritlon otto menus
Hie Nutrition Site menus for
Feb. 10-14 are as follows:
Monday - Lasagne, tossed
gated, com, French bread, mar
garine, yellow cake with choco
late icing and milk.
Tuesday - Baked turkey with
■dressing, mashed potaotes, sea
soned turnip greens, whole
wheat bread, margarine, melon
halls and milk.
"'Wednesday - Smoked sau
sage, dried fima beans, mari
nated tomatoes, roll, margarine,
peach cobbler and milk.
Thursday - Hamburger steak
with gravy, rice, green beans,
French bread, margarine, pine
apple chunks and milk.
Friday - Chicken pastry,
corn, sweet potato yam patties,
whole wheat bread, margarine,'
fresh orange and milk.
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Farmers win
local awards
Over 175 Perquimans
County residents attended the
annum Farm-City Week banquet
held Jan. 16. The banquet was
organized by the Perquimans
County Cooperative Extension
Service and the Perquimans
County Ruritan Clubs.
Wayne Winslow, vice chair
Chappell !
man of the Board of County
Commissioners, and Hertford
Mayor John Beers greeted the
attendees. Tommy Harrell, chair
man of the Extension Advisory
Leadership System, served as
master of ceremonies.
The highlight of the evening
was the presentation of trophies
to the county com and soybean
yield contest winners. Com yield
winners were: first place -
Tommy Harrell, who raised
163.92 bushels per acre of
Funks 4666; second place - Les
ter Baker, who yielded 159.10
bushels per acre of Pioneer
3140; and third place - Willow
Branch Farms with 150.62
bushels per acre of Pioneer
3378.
In the soybean division, Lau
Harrell
rence Chappell earned first place
with 61.6 bushels per acre of
Hutcheson; Gene Peiiy took sec
ond place with 57.2 bushels per
acre of Brim: and Eure Seed
Farms raised the third place
crop with 53.^ bushels per acre
of Brim. Com trophies were pro
vided by Perquimans County
Ruritan clubs. The Hertford Li
ons Club provided the soybean
trophies. »
Dr. David Jenkins, head of
the Department of Agricultural
Communications at North Caro
lina State University, was guest
speaker.
The meal was prepared by
members of the Parksville,
Bethel, Durants Neck and Inter
County Ruritan Chibs. Financial
support for the banquet was
provided by Centura Bank,
Coast Oil Corp., Hollowell Oil
Co.. NationsBank, Reed Oil Co.,
and Ward and Nixon Cotton
Gin.
Photo by Beth Hnney
Munching down
Four-year-old Matthew Davenport of Holiday Island was
spied enjoying his lunch at his grandfather’s store, Bl
Rite, on Dobbs Street recently.
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Arrests made locally
The Perquimans County Sheriffs
Department reported the follow
ing arrests:
Terri Lynn Stallings. 24, of
P.O. Box 1, Belvidere. was ar
rested on Jan. 31 for one count
of Issuing a worthless check on
a Chowan County warrant and
two counts of failure to appear
on Gates County warrants. She
was released under a $800 se
cured bond.
Earlle Warren III, 27, of P.O.
Box 521, Hertford, was arrested
on Jan. 31 on a Pasquotank
County warrant for failure to ap
pear. He was released under a
$200 secured bond.
Cameo J. Winslow, 24, of
319 Market St„ Hertford, was
arrested on Jan. 31 on a Pasqu
otank County warrant for failure
to appear. He was confined to
Albemarle District Jail under a
$2,000 secured bond.
John Rowell Scott Forten
berry, 33, of 144M Holly St.,
Hertford, was served with a
criminal summons for issuing a
worthless check on Feb. 1.
The Hertford Police made the
following arrests:
John Wayne Colson, 16, of
RL 4, Box 774, Hertford, was
arrested on Jan. 26 and charged
with reckless driving. He was re
leased on a written promise to
appear.
James Banks, 59, of Rt. 4.
Box 110, Hertford, was arrested
on Jan. 28 and charged with
concealment of merchandise. He
weis releEtsed on a written prom
ise to appeEir.
Bonzollar Lee, 22, of 329
Market St., Hertford, was ar
rested on Jan. 27 Eind charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon Inflicting serious bodily
injury. He was confined to Albe
marle District Jail under a
$3,000 secured bond.
Beatrice Diane Ownley El
liott, 29. of 2225 Malcolm St.,
Chesapeake, Va.. was arrested
on Jan. 29 and charged with
larceny, aiding and abetting,
and forgery and uttering. Bond
was set at $1,200 secured.
Milton Anthony Stepney. 26,
of 314 Stokes Dr., Hertford, was
arrested on Jan. 30 and charged
with Eissault on a female. Bond
was set at $200 unsecured.
Byrum attacked
Former student arrested
A Wednesday attack on the
Perquimans County High School
principal resulted in the arrest
of a former student.
Carlton Alexander Mallory,
approximately 22. of the Du
rants Neck section of the
county, was arrested and
charged with trespassing, com
municating threats, and assault
on a school principal by Hert
ford Police officers following a
scuffle with principal William E.
Byrum around 1 p.m. last
Wednesday.
According to Hertford Police
Chief Aubrey Sample Jr.. Mal
lory unlawfully entered the
school building and was asked
by Byrum to leave the premises.
Mallory refused and reportedly
told Byrum that he intended to
fight him and shoot him, then
began assaulting Byrum.
Sample and Captain Brad
Krause received a call around
1:20 p.m. reporting that a sub
ject had trespassed at the
school and was assaulting the
principal. Perquimans County
sheriffs deputy Susan Riven
bark was driving near the school
when she heard the call on her
police radio. Rivenbark re
sponded, and handcuffed Mal
lory at the scene.
Sample and Krause arrived
immediately after Rivenbark and
placed Mallory under arrest.
Mallory was not carrying a gun,
Sample said.
Byrum sustained abrasions
to his face and arms, but no
one was seriously injured. Sam
ple said.
"It was a minor incident that
could have been more serious,”
said schools superintendent
Randall Henion. "I regret that it
happened. But the school princi
pal and police handled it very
well."
According to North Carolina
law, assault on school personnel
carries a stiffer penalty than
simple assault. Mallory could re
ceive up to a 2-year sentence if
he is found guilty. The punish
ment for simple assault is a 30
day maximum incarceration and
a $50 fine.
Other law enforcement offi
cers near the scene who re
ponded included N.C. Highway
Patrol troopers Craig Garriss
and Reginald Newberne and
Winfall Police Chief Dale Van
Scoy.
Good Samaritan
robbed by gunmen
| A Good Samaritan became
the victim of armed robbers on
Beech Springs Road last Thurs
day evening.
According to Perquimans
County Sheriff Joe Lothian, a
man was driving on Beech
Springs Road heading towards
Center Hill Highway when he
spotted a three-quarter ton
light-colored pick-up truck on
the side of the road with the
hood up. The man, who re
quested not to be identified, said
that two men with the truck
waved and he thought they
needed assistance. He rolled
down the window on the pas
senger side of his vehicle to see
if he could be of assistance. Re
portedly one of the subjects at
the truck put a gun to the side
of the man’s head and de
manded all of his money. The
man complied with the alleged
robbers’ demands. He was then
told to turn around and go back
in the direction from which he
came, and not to pass through
the area again. The man was
threatened if he did not comply
there would be repurcussions.
Lothian said.
The man, who had a small
child in the vehicle with him,
left the scene and called the
sheriffs department. Deputy
Eric Tilley investigated the inci
dent. He reported that the victim
sustained a bump and bruise on
the side of his head where he
had been hit with the gun.
No arrest has been made,
but the investigation is continu
ing. Lothian asked that anyone
with any information on a light
colored three-quarter ton pick
up truck with 16 1/2 inch tires
call his office.
Hertford woman charged
with setting Tyner fire
A Hertford woman was
charged with arson and second
degree burglary following a
house fire in Tyner on Jan. 25.
Janice Anne Lassiter, 23,
was arrested on Jan. 27 by Cho
wan County sheriffs deputies.
The charges stemmed from a fire
at the residence of Gilbert
Wayne Hare on Wingfield Road
in Tyner. .
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Fire Department responsded to
the blaze. Mre department om
cials found evidence that alerted
them to the possibility of foul
play during the Investigation.
The sheriffs department and
State Bureau of Investigation ar
son squad were called to the
scene.
Lassiter was arrested after
further Investigation. She Is
presently being held in Albe
marle District Jail under a
$50,000 secured bond.
Local farmer is runner-up in 1991 state wheat yield contest
State and regional winners
of the 1991 com, soybean and
wheat yield contests were an
nounced recently at the 1991
joint annual meeting of the
North Carolina Small Grain.
Com and Soybean Producer As
sociations. The meeting was
held In Raleigh.
Albert Eure, representing
White Hat Seed Farms, was rec
ognized as second runner-up In
due state wheat yield contest
with a yield of 87.85 bushels
per acre. Albert and sons, Bert
and Kart, produced their pward
winning yield with Florida 302.
They were also the winners In
District in of the contest which
Includes the Northeast and Ude
water areas.
' - Laurence Chappell received a
certificate of recognizing him as
a member of the 60 bushel soy
bean yield dub. Laurence pro
duced a yield of 61.6 bushels
per acre with Hutcheson soy
beans.
State com yield champion in
no-tillage com in both the dry
land and irrigated divisions was
Simpson Farms. Union County,
with 229.53 dryland bushels per
acre and 188.37 irrigated bush
els per acre. Simpson Farms
planted Pioneer 3165.
Tony C. Lee, Johnston
County, won the state dryland
com division, planting Pioneer
3140 for a winning yield of
246.65 bushels per acre.
Hardy Farms, Green County,
was state champion of the irri
fited com division, planting De
alb DK-677 for a yield of
252.14 bushels per acre.
State soybean most efficient
yield champion was Spurgeon
Foster, Davison County, with a
total production cost of only
$2.12 per bushel. This award
was given to the grower who can
produce soybeans at the lowest
per-bushel cpst I ' |
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State soybean yield winner
was Knox Hill Farms, Rowan
County. The farm is operated by
brothers David and Robert Knox
III, who produced 74.7 bushels
of soybeans per acre.
Ronnie Strickland. Johnston
County, was state wheat yield
champion, he produced 115.76
bushels per acre using Coker
983.
The purpose of the state,
com. soybean and small grain
yield contests is to encourage
com producers to use all avail
able environmentally-sound pro
duction practices to produce a
profitable crop: to determine
which combined management
and production practices are
producing the highest yields for
a given region;, and to recognize
those growers who do an out
lob of producing one or
more
crops.
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Dr. Durward F. Bateman (left) of NCSU and Agriculture Cqw|
mlssioner Jim Graham (aecond from right) congratulate Albert
Eure on receiving aecond runner-up overall and first place in
District III in the North Carolina Wheat Yield Contest for 1991.
Lewis Smith (right), Perquimans County Extension Director,
received a plaque for agent participation in the contest
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